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Antique Maps, Prints and Ephemera



Ephemera

(All that weird printed stuff not in the Maps or Prints sections)


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Poster -  Sale of Freehold estate in Herefordshire    1854   size: 440 x 570 mm

Ref  AAE001              £48.00 (+P&P)

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Poster Advertising an exhibition of fireworks, Illuminations and Concert at the Surrey Zoological Gardens.   Printed in London  c1830    size: 250 x 380 mm

Ref  AAE004              £30.00 (+P&P)

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Poster Advertising an evening of entertainment at Sadler's Wells Theatre  6th, 7th Oct 1820.
size: 230 x 380 mm.           A few small repairs.

Ref  AAE005              £45.00 (+P&P)

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Table of Weights, Measures, Currency, etc    1742
'A Collection of the Most Useful Tables in Arithmetic from the best Authors'
'Published according to Act of Parliament.  Sept 2nd 1742 by R. Forrest.  Price 6d'

size: 210 x 310 mm,  centre fold,  a few spots of discolouration..

Ref  GGE001              £45.00 (+P&P)
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Table of the Price of Posting, shewing the Charges usually made for a Pair of Horses.
Stage Coach fees in a simple table of rates from  1s0d to  1s9d per mile.
Samuel Leigh / Sidney Hall     1837

size: 80 x130 mm  a few spots of discolouration..

Ref  GGE002              £25.00 (+P&P)
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Stomach Cleaning Brush  ( early form of Stomach Pump )   Gentleman's Magazine 1750
A Page from the letters section of the Gentleman's Magazine of 1750,
explaining the workings of the new stomach cleaning brush for the removal of
unwelcome worms in the digestive system.  Full descriptive text and illustration.
Reverse side has mortality listing for London in 1749
      (note 5 dead from worms, justifying the new  stomach brush technology)
image size: 60 x110 mm  , page size:  120 x 200 mm.

Ref  HAE014              £28.00 (+P&P)
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Bond Certificate   Maine Central Railroad,  $5000   Not issued.  Due 1935  
size  : 345 x 240 mm     
Ref  AAE006              £25.00 (+P&P)
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Bond Certificate   Portland Terminal Company, (Portland, Maine)  $10000  
Not issued.   From 1933,  Due 1961         size  : 345 x 240 mm     
Ref  AAE007              £25.00 (+P&P)
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Act of Parliament describing several Turnpike roads in North London and the proposal
of two new roads and new tolls. Details 16 London districts and the tolls required for carts,
wagons,  sheep, cattle and horses.  Also details the types of goods moving through London in 1829. 
Publ:  19 June 1829     20 pages     size  : 190 x 300 mm     
Ref  AAE008              £30.00 (+P&P)
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Poster - Advertising Tolls to let on the Crickley Hill Turnpike Road.  
The sale of the Turnpike Tolls by auction at the King's Head Inn, Northleach, Gloucester.
Printed at Cirencester 1861      size  : 285 x 450 mm     
Ref  AAE009              £45.00 (+P&P)
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Trade Advertisement -  Tanner & Baylis  Waggons   1830
Published in 'Historical Description of Cheltenham'  S.Y. Giffyth  1830
size  : 110 x 180 mm     
Ref  HAE008              £25.00 (+P&P)

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Trade Advertisement -  Thomas Haines   Waggons   1830
Published in 'Historical Description of Cheltenham'  S.Y. Giffyth  1830
size  :110 x 180 mm     
Ref  HAE003              £25.00 (+P&P)

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Trade Advertisement -  J. Evans  Florist & Seedsman  1830
Published in 'Historical Description of Cheltenham'  S.Y. Giffyth  1830
size  :110 x 180 mm     
Ref  HAE004              £25.00 (+P&P)

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Trade Card -  Hingston & Co  Chemists & Druggists    1830
Published in 'Historical Description of Cheltenham'  S.Y. Giffyth  1830
size  :70 x 100 mm      Card printed as publication advertisement.
Ref  HAE005              £22.00 (+P&P)

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Trade Card -  Hale & Binfield -  Music Teachers     1830
Published in 'Historical Description of Cheltenham'  S.Y. Giffyth  1830
size  :90 x 130 mm      Card printed as publication advertisement.
Ref  HAE011              £22.00 (+P&P)

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Trade Card -  Turnbull  -  Writing Desks     1830
Published in 'Historical Description of Cheltenham'  S.Y. Giffyth  1830
size  :110 x 80 mm      Card printed as publication advertisement.
Ref  HAE013             £22.00 (+P&P)

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Trade Card -  S. Moss  Druggist & Experimental Chemist       1830
Published in 'Historical Description of Cheltenham'  S.Y. Giffyth  1830
size  :130 x 90 mm      Card printed as publication advertisement.
Ref  HAE007              £22.00 (+P&P)

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Trade Card -  Alder & Co   Chemist and Apothecaries    1830
Published in 'Historical Description of Cheltenham'  S.Y. Giffyth  1830
size  :100 x 70 mm      Card printed as publication advertisement.
Ref  HAE006              £22.00 (+P&P)

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Trade Card -  Wickes & Co   Chemists & Druggists     1830
Published in 'Historical Description of Cheltenham'  S.Y. Giffyth  1830
size  :100 x 70 mm      Card printed as publication advertisement.
Ref  HAE010              £22.00 (+P&P)

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Trade Card -  Chemist & Druggist   1830
Published in 'Historical Description of Cheltenham'  S.Y. Giffyth  1830
size  :120 x 85 mm      Card printed as publication advertisement.
Ref  HAE009              £22.00 (+P&P)

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Trade Card -  Cooper -  Musical Instruments & Music     1830
Published in 'Historical Description of Cheltenham'  S.Y. Giffyth  1830
size  :90 x 670 mm, centre crease     Card printed as publication advertisement.
Ref  HAE012              £18.00 (+P&P)

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Trade Advertisement -  Garratt's Coach Manufactory    1830
Published in 'Historical Description of Cheltenham'  S.Y. Giffyth  1830
size  : 170 x 110 mm      repair to small tear on lower margin
Ref  HAP117              £18.00 (+P&P)

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Pamphlet -  The Mirror of Literature, Amusement and Instruction . 
Published weekly, on Saturdays, usually 16 pages.   Later bound into volumes.

Printed in London.  Price 2d.      size  : 130 x 215 mm 
No 837   Suppliment   c July 1837  
Ref  AAE010              £12.00 (+P&P)
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Pamphlet -  The Mirror of Literature, Amusement and Instruction . 
Published weekly, on Saturdays, usually 16 pages.   Later bound into volumes.

Printed in London.  Price 2d.      size  : 130 x 215 mm 
No LXX   Feb 14, 1824  
Ref  AAE011              £12.00 (+P&P)
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Pamphlet -  The Mirror of Literature, Amusement and Instruction . 
Published weekly, on Saturdays, usually 16 pages.   Later bound into volumes.

Printed in London.  Price 2d.      size  : 130 x 215 mm 
No 573   Oct 27,  1832  
Ref  AAE012              £12.00 (+P&P)
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Pamphlet -  The Mirror of Literature, Amusement and Instruction . 
Published weekly, on Saturdays, usually 16 pages.   Later bound into volumes.

Printed in London.  Price 2d.      size  : 130 x 215 mm 
No 270   Aug 25  1827  
Ref  AAE013             £12.00 (+P&P)
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Pamphlet -  The Mirror of Literature, Amusement and Instruction . 
Published weekly, on Saturdays, usually 16 pages.   Later bound into volumes.

Printed in London.  Price 2d.      size  : 130 x 215 mm 
No 473   Jan 29,  1831  
Ref  AAE014              £12.00 (+P&P)
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Pamphlet -  The Mirror of Literature, Amusement and Instruction . 
Published weekly, on Saturdays, usually 16 pages.   Later bound into volumes.

Printed in London.  Price 2d.      size  : 130 x 215 mm 
No 409  Jan 9,  1830  
Ref  AAE015              £12.00 (+P&P)
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Pamphlet -  The Mirror of Literature, Amusement and Instruction . 
Published weekly, on Saturdays, usually 16 pages.   Later bound into volumes.

Printed in London.  Price 2d.      size  : 130 x 215 mm 
No 290   Dec 29,  1827  
Ref  AAE016              £12.00 (+P&P)
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Pamphlet -  The Mirror of Literature, Amusement and Instruction . 
Published weekly, on Saturdays, usually 16 pages.   Later bound into volumes.

Printed in London.  Price 2d.      size  : 130 x 215 mm 
No 785  July 2,  1836  
Ref  AAE017              £12.00 (+P&P)
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Pamphlet -  The Mirror of Literature, Amusement and Instruction . 
Published weekly, on Saturdays, usually 16 pages.   Later bound into volumes.

Printed in London.  Price 2d.      size  : 130 x 215 mm 
No CLIX     Sept 10,  1825  
Ref  AAE018              £12.00 (+P&P)
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Pamphlet -  The Mirror of Literature, Amusement and Instruction . 
Published weekly, on Saturdays, usually 16 pages.   Later bound into volumes.

Printed in London.  Price 2d.      size  : 130 x 215 mm 
No 266     July 28,  1827  
Ref  AAE019              £12.00 (+P&P) click image for enlargement
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Booklet -  The Crystal Palace and Park in 1853 - What has been done - What will be done.
A very scarce pamphlet published by the directors of the Crystal Palace Company outlining
the progress of the new Crystal Palace site at Sydenham (Opening in 1854).
The concluding report, by George Grove, is dated 22 Sept 1852.
36 pages,  fragile cover,  
size  : 100 x 150 mm 
Ref  AAE020              £120.00 (+P&P)
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Pamphlet -  The Crystal Palace - A Guide to the Palace and Park at Sydenham  1885.
A scarce visitor guide from 1885 featuring descriptions and illustrations of the building, exhibition,
grounds, gardens and ornamental features.  Details of public transport, local facilities, excursions,
school trips, refreshments, etc.     Publ: Charles Dickens & Evans, Crystal Palace Press.
Guide :36 pages,  Adverisments: 10 pages,  Site map,     
size  : 130 x 210 mm 
Ref  AAE021              £65.00  (+P&P)
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Poster -  Advertising a meeting of the Tottenham Park Association for the protection of Persons and Property and the Prosecution of Felons & Other Offenders.
Meeting held at the White Hart Inn,  Burbage, Wiltshire.  31 May 1830
Printed 25 May  1830     Writing on reverse.     size  : 290 x 230 mm 
Ref  AAE022              £18.00 (+P&P)   click image for enlargement
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Newspaper -  The General Evening Post  Sat March 6 - Tuseday March 9, 1762
Broadsheet
.   size:  290 x 440 mm  with single fold.

Ref  AAE023              £30.00 (+P&P)

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Poster - Theatre Royal Drury Lane - Comic Opera - The Maniac,
Also featuring a two act farce Hole in The Wall
Thursday 24 June 1813.   
size  : 170 x 300 mm 

Ref  AAE024              £50.00 (+P&P)
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Newspaper -  The Sun     Thur, March 25   1813
Broadsheet
.   size:  330 x 520 mm  with single fold.  [Price: sixpence -halfpenny]
Carries bookseller's later stamp showing sale for threepence - halfpenny.

Ref  AAE025              £25.00 (+P&P)
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Legal Dispute over footpaths and rights of way at Hampstead Heath.   4 March 1891
6 pages of manuscript legal argument between The London County Council
and Sir Thomas Spencer Wells over land rights issues.
Manuscript map  400 x 510 mm ( 2 main folds) illustrating the argument.  Detail shows footpaths
between Hendon Road and  West Heat Road / Platts Lane.

Ref  AAE026              £60.00 (+P&P)

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Title deeds -  'Little Roke House'  Kenley, Surrey     21 April 1890
18 manuscript pages of
entitlement deeds of farmland, fields and buildings.
size:  420 x 340 mm  -  heavy duty legal parchment.
Ref  AAE027              £20.00   (+P&P)  Item is heavy - needs additional postage.

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Title deeds -  'Hayes'  Kenley, Surrey      1896
15 manuscript pages of
entitlement deeds of farmland, fields and buildings.
size: 440 x  340 mm  -  heavy duty legal parchment.
Ref  AAE028              £20.00   (+P&P)  Item is heavy - needs additional postage.

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Japanese Lottery Ticket    1926     size: 185 x 125 mm    Small tear top centre.
Ref  AAE029              £32.00   (+P&P) 

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Cheque - London & Westminster Bank Limited    size: 200 x 80 mm   
Embossed One Penny Stamp
Ref  AAE030              £15.00   (+P&P) 
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Shares Certificate (Cancelled)  
Boston Elevated  Railway Company   5 Shares   1931
    size: 285 x 190 mm   
Ref  AAE031              £25.00   (+P&P)

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Shares Certificate (Cancelled)  
Tobacco Products Corporation    100 Shares   1925
    size: 290 x 190 mm   
Ref  AAE032              £20.00   (+P&P)

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Shares Certificate (Cancelled)  
The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company   100 Shares   1930
    size: 280 x 180 mm   
Ref  AAE033              £18.00   (+P&P) 

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Shares Certificate (Cancelled)  
The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company   100 Shares   1946
    size: 280 x 180 mm   
Ref  AAE034              £18.00   (+P&P)

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Declaration of Independence           Tallis 1850
A copy of the Declaration of Independence printed in the
Tallis History of America   1850   
size:  220 x 290 mm  - has a centre fold
Ref  FLE005                   £38.00   (+P&P) click image for enlargement
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Unbound pamphlet  from Le Tour du Monde  (French text)
New Guinea  1878   mon Achille Raffey
64 pages,   40 woodcut illustrations,  1 map,    size: 220 x 300 mm   
Some spots of foxing on first page
Ref  SEE002              £26.00   (+P&P) 
Detail         Map        click image for enlargement
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Unbound pamphlet  from Le Tour du Monde  (French text)
Spitzberg.   First printing of the expedition aboard the Corvrett "La Recherche"   c1865
32 pages,   22 woodcut illustrations,  2 maps,    size: 220 x 300 mm   
Some spots of foxing on first page
Ref  SEE004              £30.00   (+P&P) 
Map 1          Map 2         click image for enlargement
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Unbound pamphlet  from Le Tour du Monde  (French text)
Journey to the Gabon and up the River Ogooue by Alfred Marche
Some Slave Trade illustrations.            1878
46 pages,   29 woodcut illustrations,  1 map,    size: 220 x 300 mm   
Some spots of foxing on first page
Ref  SEE005              £28.00   (+P&P)
Detail          Map          click image for enlargement
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Unbound pamphlet  from Le Tour du Monde  (French text)
Travels in Persia  by Count Gobineau   1859
30  pages,   15 woodcut illustrations,  1 map,    size: 220 x 300 mm   
Some spots of foxing on first page
Ref  SEE006              £28.00   (+P&P)

Detail         Map         click image for enlargement
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Unbound pamphlet  from Le Tour du Monde  (French text)
Fiji Islands   1882
16 pages,   11 woodcut illustrations,  1 map,    size: 220 x 300 mm   
Some spots of foxing on first page
Ref  SEE007              £26.00   (+P&P)

Detail         Map         click image for enlargement
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Unbound pamphlet  from Le Tour du Monde  (French text)
Fiji Islands   1886
15 pages,   6 woodcut illustrations,  1 map,    size: 220 x 300 mm   
Some spots of foxing on first page
Ref  SEE008              £26.00   (+P&P) 
Map         click image for enlargement
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Unbound pamphlet  from Le Tour du Monde  (French text)
Wallis Islands,  NW of Fiji   Discovered in 1767 by Samuel Wallis      c1880
16 pages,   11 woodcut illustrations,  1 map,    size: 220 x 300 mm   

Ref  SEE010              £26.00   (+P&P)
Detail        click image for enlargement
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Unbound pamphlet  from Le Tour du Monde  (French text)
An account of the Polaris Expedition to the North Pole 1870-1873  by Lt Tyson   c1874
48 pages,   31 woodcut illustrations,  1 map,    size: 220 x 300 mm   

Ref  SEE011              £28.00   (+P&P) 
Detail       click image for enlargement
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Unbound pamphlet  from Le Tour du Monde  (French text)
Easter Island.  An account of a visit in 1877         Published 1878
16 pages,   14 woodcut illustrations,  1 map,    size: 220 x 300 mm   


3 copies - Ref   SEE013,  SEE014,  SEE015              £30.00  each  (+P&P) 
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Unbound pamphlet  from Le Tour du Monde  (French text)
New Guinea    An account of an expedition in 1876
16 pages,   13 woodcut illustrations,  1 map,    size: 220 x 300 mm   
Some spots of foxing on first page
Ref  SEE009              £26.00   (+P&P) 
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List of Bankrupts for the year 1798     (European Magazine and London Review)   size: 120 x 200 mm
9 pages of English Bankrupts, and their addresses,  for the period Dec 26 1797 to June 26 1798

Ref  FLE004     full list A - Z          £16.00  (+P&P)          Detail
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Prices of Stocks for the year 1772    (London Magazine)    size: 120 x 200 mm
12 pages of Stocks listings,  Lottery winnings, Wind direction at Deal (Kent) and London Weather conditions for all of the year 1772.    Illustration shows one typical month.
This package of 12 sheets covers every day of 1772.

Ref  FGE001              £30.00 for all 12 pages  (+P&P)
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Prices of Stocks for the year 1798     (European Magazine and London Review)   size: 210 x 120  mm
6 pages of Stocks listings, County Court Sessions, Bills of Mortality, and Lottery winnings for the first half of the year 1798
Covers Jan 1798 to June 1798    Two pages shown

Ref  FLE002               £18.00 for all 6 pages  (+P&P)
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Prices of Stocks for the year 1758     (London Magazine)   size: 120 x 200 mm
9 pages of Stocks listings, Corn prices at 11 Market Towns, Bonds, Winds at Deal, Weather in London for the year 1758
Covers Jan 1758 to Nov 1798    ( May, Aug, Dec missing)

Ref  FLE006               £20.00 for all 9 pages  (+P&P)
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Table of Corn Prices for the year 1798     (European Magazine and London Review)   size: 120 x 200 mm
6 pages of average corn prices in English counties (split into coastal and inland counties).
The corn table lists Wheat, Rye, Barley , Oats and Beans for each county.
The table of weather conditions for each day of the month lists air pressure, temperature and wind direction.
Covers Jan 1798 to June 1798 
  
Ref  FLE002               £18.00 for all 6 pages  (+P&P)
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Biblical Chronology Table            Bagster  1847
size: 450 x 220 mm,  2 folds,  creased margins
Ref  GDE001              £32.00   (+P&P) 
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Population Returns of 1811     Capper 1813
8 pages of census returns for London,  the Counties of England & Wales, the Shires of Scotland and all towns in England with over 2000 inhabitants.
page size: 120 x 200 mm   (illustration shows double page)
Ref  GDE002              £16.00   (+P&P)                       
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Biblical / Israelite Chronology Table            Donaldson  1761
size: 500 x 400 mm, several folds,  tight right margin
Ref  HBE001              £35.00   (+P&P) 
Detail 1         Detail 2       Detail 3         click image for enlargement